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等到差佬來，蚊都瞓啦！
dang2 dou3 caai1 lou2 loi4 man1 dou1 fan3 laa1
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[粵] paint will dry before the cops come! lit. to wait for the policeman to come, mosquitos would be asleep This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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dang2 dou3 - wait until; waited until 差佬 caai1 lou2 - 粵 a policeman 來 loi4 - come; arrive; future 蚊都瞓啦 man1 dou1 fan3 laa1 - 粵 it would be too late |
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*** This entry has been marked as UNSURE by an editor, so it may not be fully accurate ***This sentence was added by alanl and last edited on 7th Nov 2013 11:22 |
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